Category: GRU

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Microsoft sues to take control of domains involved in Iran hacking campaign

sudshr47 March 27, 2019

Microsoft has won a restraining order in a U.S. court in order to take control of domains used by an Iranian hacker group. The software and cloud giant applied to the court in order to take control of 99 websites used by the hacker group, known as Phosphorus or APT 35, in various hacking operations. […]

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UK says Russia’s GRU was behind a spate of chaotic cyber attacks between 2015 and 2017

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

The UK has directly accused Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, of being behind a number of cyber attacks that took place between 2015 and 2017, calling them “indiscriminate and reckless” with a range of target types including political institutions, businesses, media and even sport. It says the chaotic campaign of attacks by the GRU […]

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